Inspired by social media’s popular one-second-a-day videos, we reached out to some members of the Class of 2018 and a few underclassmen and asked them to record a single moment from each of the 60 days leading up to the 2018 Commencement ceremony. We stitched the clips together into a single minute-long video that captured […]

Ever wonder how Commencement festivities for more than 7,000 graduates and 20,000 guests are pulled off? Answer: a year of careful planning. Over three days, some 40,000 chairs are set up, 500 volunteers mobilized, and lots (and lots) of food prepared. And it’s over in a second—or so it seems. Our time-lapse video of Nickerson […]

David Quinn (CAS’89) signs contract with New York Rangers Becomes third Terrier coaching in NHL National search for a BU replacement begins immediately After five years of leading BU men’s hockey to championship competition, head coach David Quinn is leaving to take over as head coach of the NHL’s New York Rangers. Under Quinn (CAS’89), […]

Award-winning National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg counseled the 2018 School of Law graduates Sunday to seek a variety of experiences as they embark on their legal careers, including public service. Families, friends, and faculty gathered at the Track & Tennis Center to celebrate the 490 graduates receiving Juris Doctor and Master of Law […]

In a sign of the growing recognition of the threat of antibiotic resistance, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK government are joining CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator), a BU-based public-private partnership launched two years ago by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give financial, scientific, and business […]